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Well, what can I tell.It was quite good - far better than I expected. Bearing the ugly mark of “novelisation” or “franchise story”, but better than your average novel from that bunch. Compared to other Warcraft book I've digested (like Cycle of Hatred), it was far better. Focused on poor Arthie, and his downfall to become a popsicle, it had enough of good story and action to keep me hooked, and satisfied (well, sort of).As for flaws of this book, there are a few. One that I found most annoying, is the fact that parts of the story seem to be... well, missing :) No doubt those are described in different Warcraft books, but this move lamed otherwise good book, stripping credibility from the story. One moment Arthas is convinced that this new shiny sword will help him fight undead, next chapter - he's absolutly fine with helping undead plague spread further. And the explanation is rather well hidden.Second annoying thing was adjective abuse. I'm getting a feeling that this approach is popular in fantasy novels (of which I'm not that fond of), but it was very annoying and prominent in Arthas. Perhaps author decided that it will help developing the climate of the story - it didn't. And as a result of that, instead of simply throwing back his hood, Arthas had to hastily, yet steadily throw back his silky hood ornamented with golden thread. This gets old and tiring really soon :)Still, I had fun reading. If you're Warcraft fan, it's probably even more worth reading (you'll be recognizing names of places, people and, heck, even items :). Just don't set your expectations too high.
Well, what can I tell.It was quite good - far better than I expected. Bearing the ugly mark of “novelisation” or “franchise story”, but better than your average novel from that bunch. Compared to other Warcraft book I've digested (like Cycle of Hatred), it was far better. Focused on poor Arthie, and his downfall to become a popsicle, it had enough of good story and action to keep me hooked, and satisfied (well, sort of).As for flaws of this book, there are a few. One that I found most annoying, is the fact that parts of the story seem to be... well, missing :) No doubt those are described in different Warcraft books, but this move lamed otherwise good book, stripping credibility from the story. One moment Arthas is convinced that this new shiny sword will help him fight undead, next chapter - he's absolutly fine with helping undead plague spread further. And the explanation is rather well hidden.Second annoying thing was adjective abuse. I'm getting a feeling that this approach is popular in fantasy novels (of which I'm not that fond of), but it was very annoying and prominent in Arthas. Perhaps author decided that it will help developing the climate of the story - it didn't. And as a result of that, instead of simply throwing back his hood, Arthas had to hastily, yet steadily throw back his silky hood ornamented with golden thread. This gets old and tiring really soon :)Still, I had fun reading. If you're Warcraft fan, it's probably even more worth reading (you'll be recognizing names of places, people and, heck, even items :). Just don't set your expectations too high.